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Crochet Squares and Diamonds

November 22, 2016

Finally a little bit of blue can be seen in the sky here in England. It’s been a cold rainy few days since I showed you all my crochet at the pool, and me crocheting squares, basically what I make while the blue ones swims length after length after length……..

The finished pieces are 2 cushions which hopefully brighten up the dull days we will have for next few months!

Now I’m sure I’ve posted this before (about 2 weeks ago) – so either something funny is going on with my blog…… or its a proper de ja vu moment…….

Ok – so on the ripple blanket they might be a bit too much! But I’ve really enjoyed making them!

The granny square one – your usual granny square – I do 2 chains in the corners one on the sides.

Then I positioned it so it was on a diagonal rather than a square. This gave me the diamonds and the big cross on the other side!

I hand sewed the granny square directly onto the cushion pad – meaning if it need a wash (highly likely with little people and 4 legged friends), I’ve got to unpick- so I wish I’d thought about this more!

So to add the zip – I saw this great video posted by Red Haired Amazona on her FB page. Basically sew along with running stitch.

I folded the square in half and sewed the bottom and top edges together.

I positioned the zip along the long side and using single crochet – I just crocheted along the zip! About 2 single crochets per running stitch. (I wish I could of bought a teal zip but the shop didn’t have any when I went shopping- it would have blended more).

When both sides were done I put in the cushion pad – zipped it up and prepared to make my eyes go funny!

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Thanks for visiting, I'm Vicki, the face behind this blog.
I crochet things for my friends and family and design most things from scratch. Originally set up Off the Hook For You as a place I could store my many crochet designs (hence the name), and a bit of general chat about my family as a mum of 2 little people known here as the Blue one and the Pink one. I live in Hertfordshire in the UK, and love anything crafty, especially crochet!